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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2020
Applicant:

The Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, GB;

Inventor:

Paul Evans, Nottingham, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/087 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); G01N 23/20 (2018.01); G01N 23/20008 (2018.01); G01N 23/205 (2018.01); G01N 23/2055 (2018.01); G01V 5/22 (2024.01); G01V 5/222 (2024.01); G01V 5/226 (2024.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/20083 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/087 (2013.01); G01N 23/20 (2013.01); G01N 23/20008 (2013.01); G01N 23/205 (2013.01); G01N 23/2055 (2013.01); G01V 5/22 (2024.01); G01V 5/222 (2024.01); G01V 5/224 (2024.01); G01V 5/226 (2024.01); G01V 5/232 (2024.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); G21K 1/025 (2013.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/045 (2013.01); G01N 2223/056 (2013.01); G01N 2223/316 (2013.01); G01N 2223/401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sample inspection system contains a source of electromagnetic radiation and an apparatus that includes a beam former, a collimator and an energy resolving detector. The beam former is adapted to receive electromagnetic radiation from the source to provide a polygonal shell beam formed of at least three walls of electromagnetic radiation. The collimator has a plurality of channels adapted to receive diffracted or scattered radiation at an angle. The energy resolving detector is arranged to detect radiation diffracted or scattered by a sample upon incidence of the polygonal shell beam onto the sample and transmitted by the collimator.


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